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Don't withdraw a loan (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advance

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'loan' is the definition.
(I know that advance is a type of loan)

'don't withdraw a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for advance that I've seen before include "Bring forward" , "Move forward like army or loan against wage" , "Lend money on security" , "Forward movement, a change for the better" , "Go forwards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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